Louisiana State University
Recreation Feasibility Analysis and Referendum Support
In September 2001, Louisiana State University selected Brailsford & Dunlavey to examine market demand for recreation sports on its campus. While engaged in a comprehensive campus master plan during the previous nine months, the University realized that its existing facility did not meet the current needs of its campus population. Furthermore, the University recognized that a detailed assessment and feasibility study likely would conclude that additional space must be provided, and so it sought to coordinate program-specific recommendations into the overall master plan.
B&D
was contracted to provide the University with a
comprehensive feasibility study and referendum
support for the renovation and expansion of
recreation sports facilities. B&D's scope
included an analysis of campus demand for
recreational activities; testing of students'
financial support for improved facilities; a
competitive analysis of other institutions; the
development of an outline program; a detailed
architectural assessment of existing space
inventory and renovation capacity on campus;
and the creation of a detailed financial model
to illustrate the circumstances under which
total project costs would balance with the
project's debt capacity.
B&D concluded the feasibility portion of this assignment in January 2002 and managed a successful student referendum in the spring of the same year. Project implementation began immediately, and recreation facility renovations were completed in 2004.